Activists hold up banners reading “STOP DEEP-SEA DRILLING” and called on oil companies to withdraw from deep-sea regions where oil spills cannot be controlled. Greenpeace supports commissioner Oettinger’s proposal voiced last week to introduce a de fa...

Activists hold up banners reading “STOP DEEP-SEA DRILLING” and called on oil companies to withdraw from deep-sea regions where oil spills cannot be controlled. Greenpeace supports commissioner Oettinger’s proposal voiced last week to introduce a de facto moratorium on deep-sea drilling in European waters until investigations into the causes of BP's spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been completed and regulations adapted to take account of risks